Health | The technology used to make the COVID vaccine may be key to pancreatic cancer treatment By Tribune News Service September 5, 2024 at 4:04 p.m. The vaccine, made with the same sequencing technology as the COVID vaccine, will be tested...
Health | Study looks deeper into olive oil’s health benefits By Cindy Krischer Goodman September 5, 2024 at 3:24 p.m. A new UF study shows olive oil lowers cholesterol but so does eating the right...
Health | Teen vaping hits 10-year low in U.S. By Matthew Perrone September 5, 2024 at 1:49 p.m. They attributed the decline to fewer high school students using Elf Bar and other vapes...
Health | Nearly 2,000 drug manufacturing plants are overdue for FDA inspections after COVID delays, AP finds By Matthew Perrone September 5, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. An AP analysis of Food and Drug Administration data shows that agency staffers have not...
Virginia News | A Holocaust survivor died of food poisoning. Now his family is suing Boar’s Head. By Peter Dujardin September 8, 2024 at 2:10 p.m. The family of a Newport News man who died after eating contaminated deli meat in...
Health | How shadowy middlemen profit at the expense of independent pharmacies and patients By Lisa Krieger September 4, 2024 at 4:34 p.m. Independent pharmacies say "pharmacy benefit managers" are using market share to drive them out of...
Health | Fentanyl vaccine heads for clinical trials, with goal of saving lives By Tribune News Service September 4, 2024 at 4:27 p.m. A fentanyl vaccine is expected to head to clinical trials sometime in the middle of...
National Politics | America is trying to fix its maternal mortality crisis with federal, state and local programs By Associated Press September 4, 2024 at 2:31 p.m. The federal Healthy Start program funds more than 100 local projects that coordinate care for...
Environment | Multiple beaches closed to swimming across Virginia Beach, Norfolk By Eliza Noe September 4, 2024 at 3:58 p.m. The Norfolk and Virginia Beach health departments issued swimming advisories for five beaches in Ocean...
Health | Dexcom starts selling its new over-the-counter glucose monitor. Here’s how much it costs By Natallie Rocha September 3, 2024 at 6:23 p.m. The San Diego company launched the first FDA-approved continuous glucose monitor that doesn't require a...